Implementation and operational research: Reconstructing the PMTCT cascade using cross-sectional household survey data: The PEARL study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e5-e9

  Chi, Benjamin H ^a,b   Tih, Pius M ^c   Zanolini, Arianna ^a,b   Stinson, Kathryn ^d   Ekouevi, Didier K ^e,f,g   Coetzee, David ^d   Welty, Thomas K ^c   Bweupe, Maximillian ^h   Shaffer, Nathan ⁱ   Dabis, Francois ^e,f,g   Stringer, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Stringer, Jeffrey S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g Programme PAC CI   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^h MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; cascade; HIV; PEARL study; prevention of mother to child transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; AFRICA; FAMILY SIZE; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939865060     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000718     Document Type: Review

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